Do we not have a right to eat and drink?
‘And when the sun goes down he shall be clean, and afterward eat the set-apart offerings, because it is his food.
or a bag for the journey, or two undergarments, or sandals, or staffs, for the worker is worthy of his food.
“And stay in the same house, eating and drinking whatever with them, for the labourer is worthy of his wages. Do not move from house to house.
“I have coveted no one’s silver or gold or garments.
My defence to those who examine me is this:
And let him who is instructed in the Word share in all that is good, with him who is instructing.
nor were we looking for praise from men, not from you nor from others, though we could have been a burden to you, as emissaries of Messiah.
For you remember, brothers, our toil and hardship, for labouring night and day, in order not to burden any of you, we proclaimed to you the Good News of Elohim.